Contents -- Preface -- Foreword / Mary Sue Coleman -- Foreword / Njabulo S. Ndebele -- Introduction: Twins Born at Different Times? / David L. Featherman -- Part I: Historical and Legal Context -- Introduction to Part I / Marvin Krislov -- Affirmative Action and the U.S. Black Freedom Struggle / David J. Garrow -- The Struggle for National Liberation and the Attainment of Human Rights in South Africa / Neville Alexander -- Affirmative Action in Higher Education over the Next Twenty-five Years: A Need for Study and Action / Sandra Day O'Connor and Stewart J. Schwab -- From Redress to Empowerment: The New South African Constitution and Its Implementation / Judith February -- Social Justice and Postapartheid Higher Education in South Africa / André du Toit -- Affirmative Action and Higher Education in the United States and South Africa / Nancy Cantor and Jo Thomas -- PART II: Higher Education in the World: Labor Markets and Social Mobility -- Introduction to Part II / David L. Featherman -- Moving on Up? The Politics, Problems, and Prospects of Universities as Gateways for Social Mobility in South Africa / Jonathan D. Jansen -- Higher Education and the Labor Market in Postapartheid South Africa / Haroon Bhorat -- Retrenching Civil Rights: Mass Imprisonment in America / Bruce Western -- PART III: The World in Higher Education: Admissions, Curriculum, and the Classroom -- Introduction to Part III / Martin Hall -- The Promise and Peril of the Texas Uniform Admission Law / Marta Tienda and Teresa A. Sullivan -- Admissions Policies and Challenges / Nan Yeld -- Race and Class in the South African Higher-Education Sector: A Focus on the Undergraduate Experience / Crain Soudien -- Benefits and Barriers: Racial Dynamics of the Undergraduate Experience / Sylvia Hurtado.

Diversity, Dialogue, and Democratic Engagement / Patricia Gurin, Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda, and Akua O. Campanella -- Institutional Culture and Diversity: Engagement and Dialogue in a South African University / Martin Hall, Dorrian Aiken, and Nazeema Mohamed -- Who Is "Getting Through" in South Africa? Graduate Output and the Reconstruction of the Formal Curriculum / Ian Scott -- Defining the Problem of Equity in Teaching Elementary School Mathematics / Jennifer Lewis and Deborah Loewenberg Ball -- Part IV: The Next Twenty-five Years -- Introduction to Part IV / Martin Hall -- Looking Back / Stuart Saunders -- The First Ten Years: The Role of Public Policy in Shaping Postapartheid Higher Education in South Africa / Naledi Pandor and Nasima Badsha -- The Role of Public Policy in Shaping Higher Education in the Twenty-first Century: Achieving Diversity, Excellence, and Equity in the Academy / Richard W. Riley and Judith A. Winston -- Racial Disparities and the Next Twenty-five Years: The Continued Need for Affirmative Action / Michael S. McPherson and Matthew A. Smith -- Beyond Equity Committees and Statistics / Elaine Salo -- Achieving Critical Mass: The Future of Gender and Higher Education in the United States / Abigail J. Stewart and Danielle LaVaque-Manty -- Democracy and the Choosing of Elites / Glenn C. Loury -- A Future Beyond "Race": Reflections on Equity in South African Higher Education / Zimitri Erasmus -- Conclusions -- The Challenge of the Next Twenty-five Years / Marvin Krislov -- Nothing Is Different, but Everything's Changed / Martin Hall -- Contributors -- Index.